Stats:
84 miles
7ish hours
Like many other days, today started out great and kind of fizzled from there. The last 10 miles always seem to kill us. Let me put it this way. It took Elise and I over an hour to do the last 8 miles. Bad news bears… We were quite lost and ended up having to do a 6 mile detour…extra milage is not something I strive for by the way. The route was super stressful, think Route 1 by the mall in North Attleboro. 6 lanes, divided highway, turning lanes, the whole deal. Oh ya, and it was 5pm on a Friday. Super cool. We had your typical road-ragers but also just some total lame-os. Particularly annoying were a group of guys in a white pick up truck. For some reason or another, they had a bull horn with them and thought it would be fun to blow it at us in traffic while we were sharing their lane. Mind you, it is 95 degrees, 5 pm, we are hungry and we have been on our bikes for 6 hours…we are not in the pratical joke kind of moods. They thought it was hysterical and yes, later we did laugh it off, but seriously people? Nick – it makes me rethink your Boston shenanigans where you make loud noises at unsuspecting pedestrians…I suppose I am more ok with sppoking people on their feet rather than those on bikes.
Louisville was awesome – probably my favorite stop yet. The city was small but had so much character. You could tell there was a pretty present art scene, and there were tons of cute shops and cafes. Joel, Laura and Chris, all riders on the trip, are from Louisville so we were able to go out to their local favorite spots and hang out with their friends which is always great. The evening ended at a late night karaoke bar (obviously) where there were a number of stellar P2SF2010 performances. Word on the street is that many of these were even captured on video which is great news. (To be shared at a a later date…)At one point we had the entire place chanting “Bike. Build. Bike. Build!” We also got significant donation magic which is always great too.
I don't have any pics at this point but here are some older ones to catch up!
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